Out-of-bounds Write The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package graphicsmagick  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-GRAPHICSMAGICK-5854334
  • published7 Apr 2025
  • disclosed22 Aug 2023

Introduced: 22 Aug 2023

CVE-2020-21679  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream graphicsmagick package and not the graphicsmagick package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in WritePCXImage function in pcx.c in GraphicsMagick 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via converting of crafted image file to pcx format.